Protecting Our Students and Community from Coronavirus

The safety of our students and staff is our top priority. To help prevent the spread of Coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Wisconsin and the United States that has occurred in other countries such as Italy and China, Luck School District is requesting that families keep students home from school and contact their physician to ask to be tested for Coronavirus if a student has these symptoms:

Fever

Cough

Shortness of breath

Please contact the school 715-472-2152 to report the absence and symptoms. Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of Coronavirus at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website: cdc.gov/coronavirus. Those at highest risk for Coronavirus complications are older adults and individuals with compromised immune systems or heart, lung and kidney disease.

We have no known cases of COVID-19 among students or staff in Luck School District.

We continue to closely monitor the situation with our School Nurses and PolkCounty Health Departments, as well as review updates from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Department of Public Instruction and the CDC. Here is the latest information on confirmed cases in Wisconsin - in Fond Du Lac, Pierce, Waukesha, and Dane counties. Another 37 WI residents are returning from a cruise where they may have been exposed and will be self-quarantined for 14 days. Nationally, there have been approximately 1,000 confirmed cases and 30 deaths (none in Wisconsin).

What You Can Do and Our Cleaning Measures

Luck School District has a routine cleaning regimen in place to help reduce the spread of germs and communicable disease. In addition to our regular cleaning and disinfection, we are increasing the cleaning of high-touch areas and hard and soft surface items throughout the day. We will follow allguidelines of the CDC and our local and state health departments.

We all play a role in helping reduce the spread of communicable disease. We are asking our students, staff and families to practice regular preventive actions (see flyer in English, Spanish, Hmong and Mandarin Chinese) including:

Wash your hands regularly, for 20 seconds, using soap and hot water. Make sure to wash your fingertips. This is especially important after using the restroom, coughing or sneezing into your hands, and before preparing or consuming food.

Avoid coughing or sneezing into your hands or in the air. Always try to cough or sneeze into a tissue, and then throw the tissue away. If you don’t have a tissue, cough/sneeze into your arm.

As much as you can, avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose.

If children are feeling sick, please keep them home from school. Families should have a plan in place for keeping your child home, picking up your child if they are sent home sick, and if schools are closed.

School Closure and Travel Restrictions

This is a rapidly evolving situation, with the World Health Organization declaring Coronavirus a pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers declaring it a public health emergency and the President issuing a month-long ban effective March 13 on all travel from Europe to the U.S.

We will continue to monitor the situation and be in contact with area school districts and health departments about whether to close any schools. As of March 12, the state of Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is not recommending school closures. Instead, DHS is asking schools and organizations to

Cancel events with over 250 people

Avoid non-essential domestic travel

Avoid traveling to areas in the US with sustained community transmission of COVID-19 (currently Washington, New York, and California). See map

Self-quarantine for 14 days upon return for anyone who travels to any U.S. states with confirmed community spread of COVID-19.

Many families have travel plans for spring break. If your family is planning to travel to a country with a Level 3 travel health notice, please contact the Luck School District at (715)-472-2152 ext. 167, christinaj@lucksd.k12.wi.us before returning to school. The CDC is asking you to self-quarantine for 14 days. Read more at cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers.

If schools were to be temporarily closed for an extended period of time, we would work to ensure learning could continue for students.

We appreciate your patience with this fluid situation and we will continue to update you as needed. Please rest assured that we will continue to put your students’ safety first. If you have any questions, reach out to Christina Jensen, school nurse, at (715-472-2152 x167) or christinaj@lucksd.k12.wi.us.

Schools Closed Until Goverment Reopens

Dear Luck School families,

The health and safety of our students and staff are always our number one priority. We are closing our school buildings under order to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus in Wisconsin. We know that keeping children at home may cause difficulties for your children and families as you juggle work, child care and other challenges, and our staff are committed to doing everything we can to help make this as positive an experience as possible for your children.

Gov. Tony Evers on March 13, 2020 ordered the closure of all K-12 Wisconsin schools, public and private, starting Wednesday, March 18 to ????, as part of the state's efforts to respond to and contain COVID-19. The announcement affects almost 855,000 students in more than 400 districts across the state - and adds Wisconsin to a growing list of states to close schools.

“Kids and families across Wisconsin often depend on our schools to access food and care," Evers said. "We are going to continue working to do everything we can to ensure kids and families have the resources and support they need while schools are closed.”

Luck School District will be closed from indefinitly All after-school activities and athletics, including practices, also will be canceled.

School Meals

The district will be providing FREE meals deliverd to your home on weekdays throughout the mandated closure period.

Anyone from Birth to 18 qualifies for a free meal.

Meals cannot be left on doorsteps; a person must be home for delivery.

Delivery will occur daily mid-morning

The meal will be a bagged lunch and breakfast for the following day. Please note some items may need refrigeration.

Meals will only be delivered within the School District of Luck boundaries.

The district has setupa phone line for district residents to call to setup delivery. Please call 715-472-3132 to be put on the list. When calling please state the follwing:

Name of person requesting

Address for food delivery and phone number

Number of children in the household qualifying for free meals.

You will not need to call in daily, on call will put you on the list the entire mandated closure. Please notify the driver or call the above phone number if you would like to stop delivery or will not be around for a day.

Digital LearningStaff will be planning new material weekly in the hopes to provide a seamless as possible education. It is imperative that students take this coursework seriously and complete tasks to the best of their ability. The coursework will be graded and trimester grades will be issued.

Travel Restrictions

This is a rapidly evolving situation, with the World Health Organization declaring Coronavirus a pandemic, the President and Governor declaring it a public health emergency and the President issuing a month-long ban effective March 13 on all travel from Europe, including the UK and Ireland, to the U.S.

The state of Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is asking schools and organizations to:

We appreciate your patience with this fluid situation and we will continue to update you as needed. Please rest assured that we will continue to put your students’ safety first. If you have any questions, reach out to 715-472-2152